Family tree Wander » Eliza Hendrikus Monfrooij (1901-)

Birthday November 27, 1901

• The temperature on November 27, 1901 was between -1.4 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher († 1981)
• 1900 » Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host († 1981)
• 1901 » Ted Husing, American sportscaster († 1962)
• 1903 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1905 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress († 1978)
• 1907 » Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author († 2003)